Bow perch Deminsions?

[Sean]

Hi, im getting a welder to make me a bow perch and he needs some plans for what size it will be ect, could anyone tell me the size of htem pls?

[IAmTheWeasel]

Depends on what bird is going on it. For a red, I make mine about 24 inces wide for the bow portion, the spikes into the gound are aprox. 12 inches each and the top of the bow I usually try to set no lower than 12 inches high. I bend mine with 3, 60 degree bends with the top bend being less sharp to give the bird a perching area to attach astro turf etc.

[Sean]

could i use these for a male harris or maybe a lil smaller?

[Moses]

my friend redtails r massive , a male harris is puney compared to it :D a female redtail that is

[IAmTheWeasel]

You can use the same dimentions as those if you wanted too. It is a bit overkill, but works the same. Many of the folks I know use block perches for the smaller hawks so I have not really looked to close at others bow perches.

[Sean]

ok cheers :)

[Hawkmaster]

I will just mention that you remember to keep the bow heigh as low as is needed to just have the birds tail a couple of inches off the floor. Too many folks many them too high and this can be bad for many reasons.


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[Sean]

ok cheers hm